Now take a moment to uncurl from that foetal position, and join me in congratulating the winners and honourable mentions from the 2008 Chizine Short Story Contest - in which yours truly was a judge. From Brett Alexander Savory's blog:
Final results! Here we go, folks. Thanks to everyone for entering the contest! The top three placers will be published at 7 cents per word in the October–December 2008 issue of ChiZine.
1st place: “The Blog at the End of the World” by Paul Tremblay
2nd place: “Grave's Edge” by Alex O'Neal
3rd place: “Beyond” by Brenta Blevins
Honourable Mentions:
“Angelica's Elegy” by Chris Miller
“Fitness Freaks” by Matthew Farrer
“The Button Collector” by Stephanie Campisi
“Organ Nell” by Jennifer Pelland
“Low Tide” by Lisa A. Koosis
“El Dorado” by Horace James
“The TV” by Ben Loory
There were 231 entries. My deepest thanks to the judges for taking the time to help us out this year: